THE ORIGIN OF LIFE ON EARTH AND ELSEWHERE. II
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The synthesis of relatively complex organic molecules by ionizing and radical mechanisms (induced by high energy radiations, ultraviolet and electric discharge) from methane, ammonia, water, and hydrogen is described, both theoretically and experimentally. It is shown that the molecules which tend to be formed under such random conditions are the very ones which today are the common building blocks in the biological reconstruction of organic material. Such molecules are the amino acids, the sim…
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Date:
October 19, 1960
Creator:
Calvin, Melvin
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